…mainly because some fuckholes hacked my site yesterday with some revolutionary bullshit regarding a Middle Eastern country beginning with the letter “I” that the U.S. did not recently occupy for over a decade (I’m loathe to type the name because I don’t want them coming back). Thank heavens for backups and stuff. After ripping everything [...]
Yes again. I can’t believe it’s been nearly a month since my last update. Whoops! Just keeping busy as usual, as I am wont to do: working, spending time with friends, taking photos, going on long ass weekend walks (Sarriah and I have gone on two 8+ mile walks in the last month), attending my [...]
Being a single childless borderline crazy cat lady (though I’m down to one cat now – during my down time on the blog BJ died very unexpectedly [in October 2010] and Matisse had to be put to sleep due to a cancerous bladder [in April of this year - two weeks after I moved into [...]
…is a good thing. And if anyone tells you it isn’t, just break these out: I’m more of a geek than a nerd, but these hold equally true for geeks. And geeks and nerds are Good Things in the Book of Carol.
This weekend has been quite the busy weekend (photos to be posted soon), so I didn’t spend much time on the innerwebs. But I did pop on long enough to find out that the astoundingly awesome Kate Baker – my friend and fellow UCFer – won a Hugo Award for her stellar work as director [...]
When I first heard that Fright Night was being remade, I had definite reservations. I’ve always enjoyed the original, with Chris Sarandon as the handsome vampire next door and the inimitable Roddy McDowell as the horror show host Peter Vincent (named in honor of Peter Cushing and Vincent Price). Then I heard that David Tennant [...]
…mainly because some fuckholes hacked my site yesterday with some revolutionary bullshit regarding a Middle Eastern country beginning with the letter “I” that the U.S. did not recently occupy for over a decade (I’m loathe to type the name because I don’t want them coming back). Thank heavens for backups and stuff. After ripping everything [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-14 http://t.co/YDXs8LQi # @random_michelle Sad Carol is sad for your current lack of clementines. # @quarrygirl When you're ready to accept volunteers, I'll be willing! # @thc1972 Yeah, I heard that this morning…as I was leaving Griffith Park after my early morning fitness bootcamp. Yikes! # @random_michelle You're not going to [...]
…is where I need this… By replacing the ink ribbon with paint blocks on an antique typewriter, artist Tyree Callahan has created a new conceptual instrument (its mechanics don’t allow it to actually paint) in which the notions of paint and words converge. Seriously, how tremendously awesomely fantastic is that? (H/T to the fantastic Michelle [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-07 http://t.co/ccqkCXgN # RT @random_michelle: Death, Grief, and White Hot Rage | Random (but not really) http://t.co/y16UHU81 # goddamned broken healthcare system http://t.co/Iqa3ah6A # @quarrygirl Maybe that's what they really meant when they said they were bigger than Jesus. I'm certainly bigger than my cat. # Been a busy day, but [...]
In November a good friend died unexpectedly. The official report regarding the cause of her death was recently released: metastatic cancer. Michelle writes about our friend’s death and the subsequent discovery. Read Michelle’s blog. This is what happens when the healthcare system is broken and politicians care more about political points than human beings. Fucking [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-31 http://t.co/UalkWpkq # Was invited to two parties tonight, but have been light-headed off and on all day. # May just end up cuddling with HotScienceGuy at midnight. All told, still a good way to ring in 2012. # However I'm hoping that what I'm hearing outside are fireworks, not gunshots. [...]
I don’t know if I’ll ever get married, but if I do, I am sooooo playing this at my reception. Hell, I just might play this walking down the aisle after the ceremony. It. Is. AWESOME!
…wasn’t very auspicious: possible mold was discovered in my favorite jar of jam (Janiece’s marvelous blackberry jam – though it might have been Earth Balance margarine, it was impossible to tell, even on close inspection, what it was and I didn’t want to take any chances); I poured clumped soy milk on my cereal from [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-24 http://t.co/ufHtH5q0 # @HalSparks And to you as well! # @BadAstronomer Wait, @alan_tudyk lives? Now you've ruined the entire movie for me! Harumph! (Happy to hear it, though. It's about time.) # @redrummy Yay one-eye kittehs! My honey has a one-eyed kitty – total sweetheart. # @redrummy Ah. Still a cute [...]
Dear Anti-Vaxxers: Stop being idiots. Vaccinate your damned kids. But vaccinations are dangerous! Most kids are not allergic to the ingredients in vaccinations, which is where most of the danger lies. If you’re not sure, talk to your doctor. He/she can run the necessary tests to see if your child is allergic to the most [...]
Eric posted an entry two weeks ago about cooking (inspired by The Swedish Chef, because, well, he’s The Swedish Chef and he’s a Muppet, therefore he is Teh Awewome) which got me to thinking about about the difference in cooking styles between HotScienceGuy and myself. HotScienceGuy likes to cook for me. It’s more often that [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-17 http://t.co/8JjGYxhj # Up way too early, dropping off a friend for a 6:30a call time. Luckily it's on my way to JPL, so I'll just get to work early myself! # @JohnFugelsang Gawd, no kidding. That is my least favorite song of all time for that very reason. # @JohnFugelsang [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-10 http://t.co/N3JVav0F # Introduced HSG to Hammer Horror via HORROR OF DRACULA. Liked it,but seemed more excited it starred Tarkin,Dooku, & Alfred (Burton's BATMAN). # Next will be the Roger Corman Poe movies. Vincent Price at his most glorious. # @thc1972 Johnny Cash's "Hurt" was the first version I heard – [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-03 http://t.co/J8OWntrG # Across street from HSG's place. Hopefully tree removal service will get a chance to clear it before end of year: http://t.co/wh7WI2y8 # @iwwthom Forgot how to spell "comme çe, comme ça?" Bad Thom! No cookie for you! (Hey, my HS foreign language was French.As is my last name.) [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-26 http://t.co/BqbB2xWd # @redroomsalon WTF?! That truly sucks. Did he/she/it get a lot of $ from your account? # @redroomsalon Oh, those assholes. I hope they got serious food poisoning. Can you get the money reimbursed? # @mposten Yes. # RT @DRUNKHULK: DRUNK HULK YOU ONLY FRIEND! DRUNK HULK NO YOU [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-19 http://t.co/cIPUVPZM # Spending a nice rainy Sunday with my honey, enjoying pumpkin pie, hot chocolate and each other's company. # @thc1972 @ObscurelyNikki Been told I must really be a man because I like Leonard Cohen. Never understood that. Also, naked me suggests not. # @thc1972 @ObscurelyNikki And I also gender [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-12 http://t.co/7nGCZy1F # Gawd yes. I hate these things. RT @JohnFugelsang: Open-toed boots are the mullet of ladies' footwear. # @mariancall Alas, no. It sounds awesome. Enjoy! # It's a headachy kinda day. Grrr. Argh. # @pie_r_round Need a punching bag? I'm sure I can find one for you. Probably in [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-05 http://t.co/v5U2od2Z # @Stonekettle Good luck with kicking that Serenity habit you've got. # fair winds and following seas, dear friend… http://t.co/oh2HX1Oc # A Gay Day in the Gay Life of a Gay Professor: http://t.co/JvNir8lw # Yay to the thief who thought breaking my car window & stealing $70 worth of [...]
Spring Offensive Halted against the shade of a last hill, They fed, and, lying easy, were at ease And, finding comfortable chests and knees Carelessly slept. But many there stood still To face the stark, blank sky beyond the ridge, Knowing their feet had come to the end of the world. Marvelling they stood, and [...]
This morning I received a shocking phone call: a good friend and fellow UCFer had died unexpectedly over the weekend at far too young an age. She was one of the non-blog-having members of our merry band and one who generally kept to herself in all online things that weren’t UCF related, so I’ll respect [...]
…but the memories will live on. There is much to tell of...
…day of sadness. My eyes having been brimming with tears nearly all...
you have a grand gift of silence, watson…
…too bad Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Simon Kinberg and Guy Richie...
